The first table below looks at the demand for Windows Vista skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Windows Vista over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Operating Systems category for the South East region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Microsoft Windows Vista
Rank 169 171 152
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -19
Contract jobs citing Windows Vista 51 76 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.637% 0.760% 0.896%
As % of the Operating Systems category 2.688% 3.783% 3.862%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 22 21
Average daily rate £300 £258 £200
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.50% +28.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £137 £161 £100
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £396 £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £233 £258 £225
% change year-on-year
-9.70% +14.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 15 43
Average hourly rate £17.25 £12.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+38.00% +4.16%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.30 £11.00 £10.13
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.25 £24.50 £19.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.50 £12.38 £12.50
% change year-on-year
+25.25% -1.00%
All Operating Systems
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Operating Systems category
1897 2009 2460
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 23.69% 20.10% 23.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 916 792 924
Average daily rate £340 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £160 £185
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 257 330 360
Average hourly rate £18.00 £17.50 £16.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.85% +4.47%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.50 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £45.00 £39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £16.00 £17.50 £16.00
% change year-on-year
-8.57% +9.37%
Windows Vista
England

Windows Vista
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Windows Vista across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Operating Systems category.

South East Windows Vista Jobs Demand Trend

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Windows Vista across the South East region.

South East Windows Vista Daily Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Windows Vista across the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East Windows Vista Daily Rate Histogram

Windows Vista
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Windows Vista across the South East region.

South East Windows Vista Hourly Rate Trend

Windows Vista
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Windows Vista within the South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Buckinghamshire -11 15 £315 +65.78% 1
Hampshire +5 13 £313 +89.39% 3
Berkshire 0 10 £355 -4.05% 4
Kent +2 5 £115 - 5
Surrey +11 3 £190 -47.22% 4
Oxfordshire +2 3 £145 - 1
East Sussex - 2 £150 -
Sussex - - - -
West Sussex - - - - 1
Windows Vista
England

Windows Vista
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Windows Vista also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Windows Vista.

1 97 (100.00%) Windows
2 56 (57.73%) Microsoft
3 54 (55.67%) Windows 7
4 52 (53.61%) Active Directory
5 51 (52.58%) Windows Server 2003
6 49 (50.52%) Windows XP
7 46 (47.42%) Windows Server 2008
8 32 (32.99%) Security Cleared
9 30 (30.93%) MS Office
10 28 (28.87%) MS Exchange
11 26 (26.80%) Citrix
12 24 (24.74%) SC Cleared
13 19 (19.59%) MS Excel
13 19 (19.59%) Exchange Server 2003
14 17 (17.53%) VMware
14 17 (17.53%) Microsoft App-V
14 17 (17.53%) ITIL
14 17 (17.53%) VMware Infrastructure
15 16 (16.49%) Exchange Server 2007
15 16 (16.49%) LAN
16 15 (15.46%) DHCP
16 15 (15.46%) Microsoft Certification
16 15 (15.46%) TCP/IP
17 14 (14.43%) WAN
18 13 (13.40%) DNS
18 13 (13.40%) Remedy
18 13 (13.40%) MSI
18 13 (13.40%) Exchange Server 2010
19 12 (12.37%) VPN
19 12 (12.37%) MCP

Windows Vista
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Windows Vista also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited Windows Vista. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (3.093%) Application Packaging
2 1 (1.031%) X-Windows
Application Platforms
1 28 (28.87%) MS Exchange
2 19 (19.59%) Exchange Server 2003
3 16 (16.49%) Exchange Server 2007
4 13 (13.40%) Exchange Server 2010
5 9 (9.278%) IBM Notes
6 8 (8.247%) IIS
7 6 (6.186%) SharePoint
8 4 (4.124%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 3 (3.093%) Documentum
10 2 (2.062%) SharePoint 2010
10 2 (2.062%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 30 (30.93%) MS Office
2 19 (19.59%) MS Excel
3 1 (1.031%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.031%) Spreadsheet
3 1 (1.031%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (1.031%) Office 365
Communications & Networking
1 16 (16.49%) LAN
2 15 (15.46%) DHCP
2 15 (15.46%) TCP/IP
3 14 (14.43%) WAN
4 13 (13.40%) DNS
5 12 (12.37%) VPN
6 11 (11.34%) Internet
7 9 (9.278%) Wi-Fi
8 5 (5.155%) SAN
9 4 (4.124%) Firewall
9 4 (4.124%) 3G
9 4 (4.124%) Broadband
9 4 (4.124%) VoIP
10 3 (3.093%) FTP
11 2 (2.062%) Wireshark
11 2 (2.062%) VLAN
11 2 (2.062%) LDAP
11 2 (2.062%) WLAN
12 1 (1.031%) HTTP
12 1 (1.031%) Kerberos
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (7.216%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.124%) SQL Server 2005
3 2 (2.062%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (1.031%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 13 (13.40%) MSI
2 10 (10.31%) AdminStudio
3 2 (2.062%) InstallShield
4 1 (1.031%) Wise Package Studio
General
1 7 (7.216%) Advertising
2 5 (5.155%) Telecoms
3 4 (4.124%) Banking
3 4 (4.124%) Electronics
3 4 (4.124%) Publishing
4 1 (1.031%) Finance
4 1 (1.031%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 23 (23.71%) Analyst
2 18 (18.56%) Support Analyst
3 16 (16.49%) Support Engineer
4 13 (13.40%) Applications Packager
5 11 (11.34%) 2nd Line Support
6 9 (9.278%) Desktop Support
7 8 (8.247%) 1st Line Support
8 7 (7.216%) 3rd Line Support
8 7 (7.216%) IT Support
9 6 (6.186%) Desktop Analyst
9 6 (6.186%) Desktop Support Analyst
10 5 (5.155%) Desktop Engineer
10 5 (5.155%) IT Support Engineer
10 5 (5.155%) Server Engineer
11 4 (4.124%) Service Desk Analyst
11 4 (4.124%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
11 4 (4.124%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
11 4 (4.124%) Service Analyst
11 4 (4.124%) Technical Support
12 3 (3.093%) Services Delivery Manager
Miscellaneous
1 9 (9.278%) Blackberry
2 5 (5.155%) PKI
3 4 (4.124%) PDA
3 4 (4.124%) Video Conferencing
3 4 (4.124%) Device Driver
4 3 (3.093%) Mathematics
4 3 (3.093%) Smartphone
5 2 (2.062%) iPad
5 2 (2.062%) iPhone
6 1 (1.031%) Client/Server
6 1 (1.031%) Replication
6 1 (1.031%) Management Information System
6 1 (1.031%) Cryptography
6 1 (1.031%) CESG
Operating Systems
1 97 (100.00%) Windows
2 54 (55.67%) Windows 7
3 51 (52.58%) Windows Server 2003
4 49 (50.52%) Windows XP
5 46 (47.42%) Windows Server 2008
6 8 (8.247%) Windows 8
6 8 (8.247%) Windows 2000
7 7 (7.216%) Windows 2000 Server
8 3 (3.093%) Windows NT
8 3 (3.093%) Linux
8 3 (3.093%) Mac OS X
8 3 (3.093%) Mac OS
9 2 (2.062%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (17.53%) ITIL
2 8 (8.247%) DNA
3 7 (7.216%) Service Delivery
4 5 (5.155%) Software Distribution
5 4 (4.124%) Software Deployment
5 4 (4.124%) Incident Management
6 3 (3.093%) Identity Management
6 3 (3.093%) Disaster Recovery
6 3 (3.093%) Validation
6 3 (3.093%) Migration
6 3 (3.093%) Service Management
6 3 (3.093%) Configuration Management
6 3 (3.093%) Integration Testing
6 3 (3.093%) Test Scripting
7 2 (2.062%) TQM
8 1 (1.031%) Change Management
8 1 (1.031%) Workflow
8 1 (1.031%) Project Management
8 1 (1.031%) Release Management
8 1 (1.031%) Information Assurance
Programming Languages
1 7 (7.216%) SQL
2 5 (5.155%) VBScript
3 4 (4.124%) C
3 4 (4.124%) C++
3 4 (4.124%) Perl
4 2 (2.062%) VB
5 1 (1.031%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 32 (32.99%) Security Cleared
2 24 (24.74%) SC Cleared
3 15 (15.46%) Microsoft Certification
4 12 (12.37%) MCP
5 10 (10.31%) ITIL Certification
6 9 (9.278%) DV Cleared
7 7 (7.216%) Citrix Certification
8 5 (5.155%) MCSE
9 2 (2.062%) MCITP
10 1 (1.031%) CCSP
10 1 (1.031%) CCNA
10 1 (1.031%) CISSP
10 1 (1.031%) Cisco Certification
10 1 (1.031%) MCDST
10 1 (1.031%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (10.31%) SLA
2 1 (1.031%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 52 (53.61%) Active Directory
2 17 (17.53%) Microsoft App-V
2 17 (17.53%) VMware Infrastructure
3 11 (11.34%) XenApp
4 9 (9.278%) XenDesktop
5 3 (3.093%) Citrix Presentation Server
6 2 (2.062%) vSphere
6 2 (2.062%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (1.031%) Terminal Server
7 1 (1.031%) Terminal Services
7 1 (1.031%) VMware ESX
7 1 (1.031%) VMware Workstation
7 1 (1.031%) DFS Replication
7 1 (1.031%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 11 (11.34%) OpenView Configuration Management
1 11 (11.34%) SCCM
2 8 (8.247%) AppDNA
3 5 (5.155%) Backup Exec
3 5 (5.155%) Norton AntiVirus
4 4 (4.124%) MIIS
5 3 (3.093%) Sysprep
6 2 (2.062%) WSUS
7 1 (1.031%) OpenView
7 1 (1.031%) SCOM
7 1 (1.031%) OVSD
Vendors
1 56 (57.73%) Microsoft
2 26 (26.80%) Citrix
3 17 (17.53%) VMware
4 13 (13.40%) Remedy
5 11 (11.34%) HP
5 11 (11.34%) Symantec
6 9 (9.278%) Lotus
6 9 (9.278%) AppSense
7 7 (7.216%) McAfee
8 6 (6.186%) Cisco
8 6 (6.186%) Dell
9 4 (4.124%) SAP
10 3 (3.093%) Adobe
10 3 (3.093%) Apple
10 3 (3.093%) Lumension
11 2 (2.062%) Riverbed
11 2 (2.062%) PlateSpin
11 2 (2.062%) CA
11 2 (2.062%) NetApp
11 2 (2.062%) Juniper
Abingdon, South East
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Claremont Consulting
Rate: £120 - £170 per day
Posted: 22 May 2013
Southampton, South East
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Claremont Consulting
Rate: £120 - £130 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
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Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 18 June 2013
Chatham, Kent
The ideal NOC engineer will be familiar with: - detection and recording incidents and potential outages (ideally through service-now or similar ITIL based call logging systems) - Classification and...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 18 June 2013
Chatham, Kent
Exposure to PCI DSS adherence processes *Citrix XenApp 5... *Network Security using Cisco ASA edge security appliances... *Knowledge of the following applications desirable but not essential - SAS Analytics,...
Lorien Resourcing
Posted: 18 June 2013
Hook, South East
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Rate: £250.00 - £330.00 per day
Posted: 7 June 2013
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